MPD detective on child porn suspect: I had never seen this level of debauchery

4:34 PM,
Jun. 17, 2013

Written by

Samantha E. Donaldson
Daily News Journal

A local man was arrested Friday after a child welfare check led to the discovery of child pornography, according to a police report.

Benjamin A. Watts, 20, was taken into custody after being questioned by a Murfreesboro Police Department detective regarding three photos that were in plain sight in the apartment where he lived, according to the report.

According to police, Det. Tommy Roberts went to the Bradyville Pike apartment with Carrie Niederhauser, an investigator for the Department of Children's Services, to conduct a welfare check on a child that was believed to be living at the ...